| US | HB4 | Intro | Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2019 This bill establishes new criteria for determining which states and political subdivisions must obtain preclearance before changes to voting practices in these areas may take effect. (Preclearance is the process ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-12-06
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| US | HR743 | Intro | Expressing strong disapproval of the President's formal notification to the United Nations of his intent to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-12-05
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| US | HB1253 | Enroll | To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 13507 Van Nuys Boulevard in Pacoima, California, as the "Ritchie Valens Post Office Building". Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 13507 Van N...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-12-04
Presented to President. |
| US | HB1252 | Enroll | To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6531 Van Nuys Boulevard in Van Nuys, California, as the "Marilyn Monroe Post Office". Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6531 Van Nuys Boulev...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-12-04
Presented to President. |
| US | HB2382 | Intro | USPS Fairness Act This bill repeals the requirement that the U.S. Postal Service annually prepay future retirement health benefits.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-12-04
Motion to place bill on Consensus Calendar filed by Mr. DeFazio. |
| US | HB3144 | Enroll | To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 8520 Michigan Avenue in Whittier, California, as the "Jose Ramos Post Office Building". Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 8520 Michigan Aven...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-12-04
Presented to President. |
| US | HB5303 | Intro | To establish a moratorium on oil and gas leasing on public land on the Central Coast of California.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-12-04
To House Natural Resources Committee |
| US | HB724 | Pass | PACT Act Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act This bill revises and expands criminal provisions with respect to animal crushing. It retains existing criminal offenses that prohibit knowingly creating or distributing an animal crush video using i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-25
Became Public Law No: 116-72. |
| US | HB5251 | Intro | To direct the Attorney General to establish a task force to study the causes of violence against and involving law enforcement and make recommendations on improving community safety.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-22
To House Judiciary Committee |
| US | HB3884 | Intro | MORE Act of 2019 Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2019
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-21
Ordered to be Reported (Amended). |
| US | HB737 | Engross | Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act of 2019 This bill makes it illegal to possess, buy, or sell shark fins or any product containing shark fins, except for certain dogfish fins. A person may possess a shark fin that was lawfully taken consistent with a l...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-21
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| US | HB5038 | Intro | Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019 This bill contains provisions related to alien farmworkers, including provisions establishing a certified agricultural worker (CAW) status and changing the H-2A temporary worker program. The Department of Home...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-21
[Hearing: Dec 10 @ 3:00 pm]
Ordered to be Reported (Amended). |
| US | HB3851 | Intro | Travel Promotion, Enhancement, and Modernization Act of 2019 This bill extends funding for Brand USA, the Corporation for Travel Promotion, through FY2027 and raises the fee for using the electronic system for travel authorization.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-20
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. |
| US | HR722 | Intro | Supporting the goals of Transgender Day of Remembrance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-20
To House Judiciary Committee |
| US | HCR76 | Intro | Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity in wages paid to Latina women in comparison to men.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-20
To House Education and Labor Committee |
| US | HB1865 | Engross | National Law Enforcement Museum Commemorative Coin Act (Sec. 3) This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue up to 50,000 $5 gold coins, 400,000 $1 silver coins, and 750,000 half-dollar clad coins that are emblematic of the Nati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-19
ORDER OF BUSINESS - Mr. McGovern asked unanimous consent that it be in order at any time to take from the Speaker's table the bill H.R. 1865, with the Senate amendment thereto, and to consider in the House, without intervention of any point of order, a motion offered by the chair of the Committee on Appropriations or her designee that the House concur in the Senate amendment submitted for printing by Representative Lowey of New York in the portion of the Congressional Record designated for that purpose in clause 8 of rule XVIII; that the Senate amendment and the motion be considered as read; that the motion be debatable for one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations; that the previous question be considered as ordered on the motion to adoption without intervening motion or demand for division of the question; and that House Resolution 708 be laid on the table. Objection was heard. |
| US | HB4402 | Intro | Inland Waters Security Review Act Short Titles as Introduced Inland Waters Security Review Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-19
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 241. |
| US | HB4916 | Intro | Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019 This bill contains provisions related to alien farmworkers, including provisions establishing a certified agricultural worker (CAW) status and changing the H-2A temporary worker program. The Department of Home...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-15
To House Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship |
| US | HB5127 | Intro | Refuge From Cruel Trapping Act of 2019
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-15
To House Natural Resources Committee |
| US | HB1773 | Engross | Rosie the Riveter Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2019 This bill directs the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to make appropriate arrangements for the award of a single Congressional Gold Medal to Ro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-14
To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee |
| US | HB2398 | Intro | To amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 and title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for the HUD-VASH program, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit annual reports to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-14
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 54 - 0. |
| US | HB499 | Engross | Service-Disabled Veterans Small Business Continuation Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-14
To Senate Small Business And Entrepreneurship Committee |
| US | HB1980 | Intro | Smithsonian Women's History Museum Act This bill establishes in the Smithsonian Institution a comprehensive women's history museum. Such museum shall be named by the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. The bill establishes a council, tha...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-13
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 230. |
| US | HB3224 | Engross | Deborah Sampson Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-13
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| US | HJR79 | Intro | Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment. This joint resolution eliminates the deadline for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, which prohibits discrimination based on sex. The amendment was proposed to the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-13
Ordered to be Reported (Amended). |
| US | HB5045 | Intro | Veteran Employment and Child Care Access Act of 2019
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-12
To House Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| US | HB1396 | Pass | Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act (Sec. 3) This bill requires the Speaker of the House of Representatives and President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of one Congressional Gold Medal to Katherine Johnson, in recog...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-08
Became Public Law No: 116-68. (TXT | PDF) |
| US | HB3195 | Intro | Land and Water Conservation Fund Permanent Funding Act This bill makes funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) permanent. The President shall annually submit to Congress specified details regarding the allocation of funds to the LWCF....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-08
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 222. |
| US | HB4890 | Intro | Veteran Deportation Prevention and Reform Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-08
To House Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs |
| US | HB4963 | Intro | SIMSA Stop the Importation and Manufacturing of Synthetic Analogues Act of 2019
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-31
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| US | HB4924 | Intro | Smoke Planning and Research Act of 2019
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-30
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| US | HB3942 | Engross | Preventing Online Sales of E-Cigarettes to Children Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-29
Received in the Senate. |
| US | HR107 | Intro | SFC Sean Cooley and SPC Christopher Horton Congressional Gold Star Family Fellowship Program Act This resolution establishes in the House of Representatives the Congressional Gold Star Fellowship Program under which an eligible individual may serve a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-29
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection. |
| US | HR296 | Intro | Affirming the United States record on the Armenian Genocide. This resolution states that it is U.S. policy to (1) commemorate the Armenian Genocide, the killing of 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire from 1915 to 1923; (2) reject efforts to a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-29
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| US | HB4901 | Intro | Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-29
To House Natural Resources Committee |
| US | HB4617 | Engross | SHIELD Act Stopping Harmful Interference in Elections for a Lasting Democracy Act This bill establishes a duty to report election interference from foreign entities, applies existing campaign advertising requirements to online advertisements, and gen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-28
To Senate Rules And Administration Committee |
| US | HB2426 | Engross | CASE Act of 2019 Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2019 This bill creates the Copyright Claims Board, a body within the U.S. Copyright Office, to decide copyright disputes. Damages awarded by the board are capped at $30,000. Pa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-23
Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 266. |
| US | HB4782 | Intro | National Commission on Online Platforms and Homeland Security Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-23
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent. |
| US | HR652 | Intro | Honoring the city of Santa Ana's 150th anniversary.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-23
To House Oversight and Reform Committee |
| US | HB4809 | Intro | White House Accountability for Language Diversity Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-23
To House Oversight and Reform Committee |
| US | HB1225 | Intro | Restore Our Parks and Public Lands Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-22
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 199. |
| US | HB3329 | Engross | To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5186 Benito Street in Montclair, California, as the "Paul Eaton Post Office Building". Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5186 Benito Street ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-17
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| US | HB1709 | Intro | Scientific Integrity Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-17
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 6. |
| US | HB2420 | Intro | National Museum of the American Latino Act This bill establishes the National Museum of the American Latino in the Smithsonian Institution. The purposes of the museum are to (1) illuminate Latino contributions to the story of the United States; (2) p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-17
Subcommittee Hearings Held. |
| US | HB95 | Engross | Homeless Veteran Families Act This bill updates the Department of Veterans Affairs per diem payment calculation for entities furnishing services to homeless veterans to include funding for a minor dependent. The rate for per diem payments is the dail...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-16
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| US | HB3675 | Engross | Trusted Traveler Reconsideration and Restoration Act of 2019 This bill directs (1) the Government Accountability Office to review Department of Homeland Security (DHS) trusted traveler programs, and (2) DHS to extend the enrollment period where an in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-15
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| US | HB3694 | Engross | Helping Families Fly Act of 2019 This bill directs the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to implement training for its frontline personnel regarding the screening of pregnant women and families with young children at passenger screening ch...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-15
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| US | HB3106 | Engross | Domestic and International Terrorism DATA Act Domestic and International Terrorism Documentation and Analysis of Threats in America Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-15
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| US | HB4672 | Intro | To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 21701 Stevens Creek Boulevard in Cupertino, California, as the "Petty Officer 2nd Class (SEAL) Matthew G. Axelson Post Office Building". Designates the facility of the United St...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-15
To House Oversight and Reform Committee |
| US | HB4319 | Intro | Immigrant Witness and Victim Protection Act of 2019
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-02
To House Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship |
